Carrier profile · USDOT 582596 · MC-252726 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

TRANSPORTATION COMMODITIES INC

DBA TCI LEASING AND RENTALS

64 power unitsavg 6 yrNational · 24 statesCOMMERCE, CA70/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-252726 STATUS UNKNOWN
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 11.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 191 vehicle and 269 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

22.2% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 5.2 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

258 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 21

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
64
Inspections · 24 mo
273
Annualized
≈137 / yr
Coverage
≈2.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

9%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
37%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
34%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving95 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 4 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 6 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

30 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
4False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 359 total · 21 in 24 mo

359
Total crashes
21
In last 24 mo
14
Fatal
127
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
2025150515
2024100110
2023161616
2022112411
2021112410
2020192817
2019140414
2018192719
2017121312
20169039
20158038
20145025
2013140514
20128028
20114113
2010130912
20099129
20082311023
2007100210
2006300830
2005231923
20042401223
2003140714
2002120412
20015005
20004004
19997027
19985025
19962012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 31, 2026AZ00Yes
Mar 28, 2026NV00Yes
Feb 26, 2026CA01Yes
Dec 18, 2025CA01Yes
Dec 5, 2025AZ00Yes
Dec 4, 2025CA00Yes
Oct 1, 2025NV00Yes
Sep 18, 2025CA00Yes
Jul 23, 2025NM00Yes
Jul 7, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 28, 2025NV00Yes
Apr 2, 2025CA01Yes
Mar 10, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 7, 2025LA01Yes
Mar 3, 2025AZ01Yes
Jan 29, 2025GA01Yes
Jan 9, 2025LA00Yes
Jan 9, 2025AZ00Yes
Dec 4, 2024MS00Yes
Oct 16, 2024MS00Yes
Sep 27, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 17, 2024TX00Yes
May 17, 2024CA01Yes
May 6, 2024LA00Yes
Apr 24, 2024CA00Yes